WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Railroad Administration announced that it expects to award up to 50 grants for projects that improve the safety, efficiency and reliability of intercity passenger and freight rail. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $361,978,796. Eligible Applicants: For profit organizations other than small businesses; Public and State controlled institutions of higher education; Private institutions of higher educa  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 -- The U.S. Department of State in New Zealand announced that it expects to award up to 10 grants or cooperative agreements for digital journalism in the South Pacific Region. The agency description of the grant/cooperative agreement states: "The U.S. Embassy New Zealand Public Affairs Section (PAS) of the U.S. Department of State is pleased to announce an open competition for organization interested in submitting proposals to conduct training/program specific to digital jou  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health announced that it expects to award a cooperative agreement for translational and basic science research on early lesions. The agency description of the cooperative agreement states: "The TBEL program aims to integrate basic and translational cancer research concepts to examine the direct causal relationships and interactions of an early lesion, its microenvironment and host-systemic factors as  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health announced that it expects to award a cooperative agreement for a data, evaluation and coordinating center for a multilevel approach to connecting underrepresented populations to clinical trials. The agency description of the cooperative agreement states: "The purpose of this solicitation is to fund a Data, Evaluation and Coordinating Center (DECC) that will support the data and evaluation acti  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health announced that it expects to award a cooperative agreement for inflammatory bowel disease research. The agency description of the cooperative agreement states: "The NIDDK Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics Consortium (IBDGC) was established in July 2002 for the purpose of identifying genetic variation predisposing to Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). Since its establishment and in collaborati  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health announced that it expects to award a cooperative agreement for the Connecting Underrepresented Populations to Clinical Trials Program. The agency description of the cooperative agreement states: "Through this funding opportunity announcement (FOA), the National Cancer Institute (NCI) solicits applications for Connecting Underrepresented Populations to Clinical Trials (CUSP2CT), a program that   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Energy announced that it expects to award up to 75 cooperative agreements for innovative nuclear research. The agency description of the cooperative agreement states: "The Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Nuclear Energy's (DOE-NE) mission is to advance U.S. nuclear power in order to meet the nation's energy needs by: 1. Enhancing the long-term viability and competitiveness of the existing U.S. reactor fleet; 2. Developing an advanced reactor   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that it expects to award up to five cooperative agreements for research on coastal and ocean acidification and harmful algal blooms. The agency description of the cooperative agreement states: "The purpose of this document is to advise the public that NOAA/NOS/National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS)/Competitive Research Program (CRP) and the NOAA Ocean Acidification Prog  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health has issued a funding opportunity announcement for the implementation of behavioral and social intervention clinical trials. The agency description of the funding opportunity announcement states: "The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to encourage UG3/UH3 phased cooperative agreement research applications to plan and implement behavioral and social intervention clinical   more